Machine for making



I I 5 sneetssneet 1. I P. F. RAYMOND, 2d.

MACHINE FOR MAKING, DISTRIBUTING, AND DRIVING NAILS. I

No 381,280. r r Patented Apr. 1'7, 1888.

(No Model.)

ENTUF I I K /"Q N. PFIERS, Pnmumo m m, Washinglnn o. c.

(Nw'ModeL I ssnetkshet-z. f

P; F. RAYMOND, 2d. MACHINE FOR MAKING, DISTRIBUTING, AND DRIVING NAILS.

1 Io. 38-1,Z80 Pa;tentedApr.17,'18 88 it A? ,i 3 1 B a B B v WITNESSES.

(No Model.) 5 Shaw-S eets;

- R'AYMQND; y MACHINE FOR MAKING, DISTRIBUTING. AND DRWING NA-I'LSI', nted pr.;1 v.1.8 s;

- WENT-cal N. PETERS, Pli tuIflhogu-g hur. wmin mi a. c.

(N0Mode1.) Y 5 Shets-Sheej; 4. v P. P. RAYMOND, Zd. MACHINE FOR MAKING, DISTRIBUTI'NG, 'AND DRIVING NAILS.

No. 381,280. Patented Apr. '17, 1888.

(No Model.) '5 sheets-shed 5.

- P. P. RAYMOND, 2d. 7 v

' MACHINE MAKING, DISTRIBUTING; AND DRIVING NAILS." I No 8L280l Patented A r 817, 1888..

WITNESSES- M @M n. PEYERS, Pmwum w, Wallfinginn. o. c.

UNITED STATES A N F C J To, ctll whom it may concern.-

. FREEBORN RAYM ND, 21 OENEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS...

MACHINE FO R MAKING, D I STRlBUT I NG, A ND DRIVING .NAILS.

Sammi forming pm Letters Pan't 1 -r,3a1,'2 o, dated April 17,, 1888. I

Application filed December 9,1887. Serial No. 257,367. (No model.)

Be it known that I, FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 2d, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a'citiz'en of the United States, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Nail-Making, Distributing, and Driving Machines, of which the following is a -full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, in explain ing its nature.

The object of the invention is to provide for making, distributing, and delivering nails to 'naildriving devices inlarge numbers and rap-.

idly, and it comprises a series of devices for simultaneously or substantially simultaneously feeding anumber of continuous wires to nail-forming devices, nail-forming devices which form nails thereon, or on blanks severed therefrom, and a movable receiving-block for receiving the nails simultaneously or, substantially simultaneously after they are made and for delivering them to the distributer; also,

' o to the combination of these devices or elements v or each of them with the distributor; also,

to the combination of nail making and distrib-- uting devices with anail-carrier and with naildriving devices. l I I It also relates to various details of organization and construction, all of which will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view, principally in-vertical central section of a machine having the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical central section at right angle to that shown in Fig. 1. in horizontal section taken through the nailreceiving block and in plan of the cam for operating it. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of one side of thecentral and upper parts of the machine. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the central and upper parts of the other side of the machine. Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the relation of the distributer to the nail carrier Fig. 7 isa plan view-of rolls.

The invention is in some 'respects an im; provement upon that described'in the applie cation for patent of Chester 0. Small for nail making and distributing machines, Serial No.

Fig. 3 is a view described in my Patent No. 371,851.

series ofQwire-feeding devices, each of which is adapted to feed a separate'wire, and in this 235,648, filedApril 21, 1887, and upba that ss a case each feeding'device comprises a roll, A I

mounted upon the common shaft A ,land' the ro1l A",- mounted uponthe common shaft A. ,These feed Iolls have roughened or corrugated surfaces. Shafts A A are supported by suitable bearings in the frame A", and are con-j nected by the gears A A. (Shown only'at f one end of the shafts, but which maybe at each:

end," and, if desired, at the center of their length.) The shafts may also have bearings at the center of their length. Theshafts are.

inte'r'mittingly rotated .by means of the, pawl A i, .carriedby the lever A, which pawl meshes with a ratchet-wheel, A3, 011 theshaft A. This pawl-carrying lever A is oscillated or moved i'ntermittingly; at the desired time b means of a cam or crank, A upon one of the rollrshafts, and a connecting-rod,A the upper endof which is, adapted to beadjusted .upon the end of the lever A in'relation to its fulcrum to' vary the throw ofthe feed-pawl.

Beneaththe feed-rolls are a series of nailmaking devices, B B B B? B. Each of these The nail-beak rolls B are mounted upon a cornmon'shaft, B

The rolls B are mounted upon a common shaft, 1 I '90.

B and both the shafts B and B 9 have suitablebearings in the frame. The male and female sections of the pointing-dies are like those describedin the said Small application,

and the rolls in every other materialrespect act upon the wires to form the nails asdescribed in said application. The pointing-rolls also haveanail-severingdevice similar to that described in saidapplication, and comprises the anvil 0, preferably movable radially in the rollB in opposition tothe springC, and arranged so that. its 7 face is immediately below i the end of the female member B of the point ing-die and the cutoff O, which is. also car,

ri'ed in a hole in the roll "B and. has its open" nail-making devices is' adapted to make nails A ating end immediately below the end of the which the nails which it forms are delivered to the nail'receiving block F. This block F is mounted in the ways F, to be moved horizontally, and it is actuated by means of the cam F upon the shaft E, which is connected by the gears F F with a short shaft, F", having the bevel-gear F, which engages bevelgear F on one of the shafts, 13*, so that the cam shall make one revolution for every two, three, or four revolutions of the shafts B B The cam F, preferably, is constructed to move the receiving-block'F forward to bring, first,'the holes F in line with the nail-delivery throats or passages E; second, the nail-receiving holes F in line therewith, and, third, the holes F in line therewith, and to then return it to its original position, or to a position to deliver the nails thus being fed to the distributer G.

Of course where the machine embodies mechanism for feeding five wires and making five nails substantially simultaneously from the ends thereof, if it is desired to distribute and drive only five nails at a" given time or simultaneously, the nail -receiving block F need not be moved at all. If it is desired to distribute and drive simultaneously ten nails, then each nail-feeding and nail-making deviceis operated to make and deliver two nails, and .the nailreceiving block F is moved by its cam, after receiving the first load of nails, to a position to receive the second load of nails, and is then returned to its original position to deliver the nails simultaneously to the passages of the distributer. If it is desired to distribute and drive fifteen nails, then the nail-receiving block is advanced or moved forward by its operatingcam twice, and the nail-feeding and nail-making devices are caused to make and deliver three nails from each wire.

I would say that for ordinary uses in attaching heel-blanks or loading heel-blanks it will be desirable to use machines either organized to feed and make five nails substantially simultaneously or ten nails substantially simultaneously.

The cam F is connected with the receiving-v block F by means of the connecting-bar F, which has a cam-pin, F entering the groove of the cam. I would further say that. the cam is constructed so that it moves the receivingblock upon its return movement continuously until its holes are brought in line with the passages of the distributer, and that before the first group of nails is delivered to the holes F it is moved slightly forward to bring them in line with the throats or passages E. The nailholes F F F arranged at a uniform distance from each other and separated by aspace sufficient to permit each nail-receiving hole of the threegroups to be moved into register with its respective throat without bringing the first of the group into line with the next throat beyond.

The block F has aperforated hole covering plate, F which is operated by the stop F, upon the backward movement of the nail-receiving block F, to open the holes, and by the spring F upon the forward movement of the block F, to close them.

The shafts B 13", carrying the rolls, are shown geared together at one end, but may be geared together at both ends and at the centerof their length, if desired, andone of them carries a pulley and clutch consisting of two members, the driving member of which is adapted to be moved from the driver to stop the operation of the machine. This is accomplished by mounting the driving member uponv a yoke-lever, and by connecting the lever with a'cam projection upon the cam F by means of a bar or projection extending from the lever the cam rotating acts upon the end of the bar, and causes the lever to be pushed or moved outward sufficient to cause the driving member to be moved from the driven memberand bring a brakeinto contactwith the driven member.

The distributer comprises the plate G, having perforations G to register with the nailreceiving holes of the nailreceiving block F. These holes enter passages in the tubes G, which are bent or curved to deliver the nails in any desired form or arrangement, and in the drawings I have represented them as extended to the nail-holding block G. This block has a sliding hole-covering plate, G, which is adapted to be moved by the nail-carrier H upon its backward movement to uncover the holes of the nail-holding block to permit the nails therein to fall into the holes of the carrier. The carrier is movable by a cam, H, or in any other desirable way, from a position under the nail-holder to a position over the templet H, and the nails are driven .from the templet by a gang or group of drivers, H, into the heel-blank or work to be loaded.

of the principal advantages of the organiaainstead of a great many, as is necessary in a single wire.

machine making the nails successively froma I prefer that the pointing and severing rolls B B be so mounted upon their respective shafts as to cause the point-forming dies and nail-severing devices to be actuated in a progressive or successive way, rather than exactly simultaneously, so as 'to equalize to a greater extent the strain upon the machine. (See Fig.

Having th us fully described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1. The combination, in an organized nail making and distributing machine, of devices for feeding a numberof. wires, devices for simulta'neously forming nails' from the ends thereof, and the throats or passages E, throughwhich the formed nails are fed, and the movable carrier-block F, substantially as described.

"2. The combination, in an organized nail making and distributing machine, of devices for feeding a number of wires, devices for simultaneously forming nails from. the ends thereof, and the throats or passages E, through which the formed nails are fed, the movable carrier-block F, and the distributor G, substantially as described. V

3. The combination, in an organized nail making and distributing machine, of devices for feeding a'number of wires, devices for simultaneously forming/nails from the ends thereof, the throats or passages E, through which the formed nails arefed, the movable carrier-block F, the distributer G,'and the nailcarrier H, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in an organized nail tially as described.

making and distributing machine, of devices for feeding a number of wires, devices for s1:- multaneously forming nails from the e'nds' thereof, the throats or passages E, through carrier -block F, the distributerG, the nailcarrier H, and the nail' driving devices, substantially as described. I v 5. The combination of a series of wire-feed ing devices simultaneously or substantially sil 5 which the formed nails are 'fed,.the movable 1 multaneousl y actuated, a series otlnail-makingf devices to be simultaneously or substantially simultaneously actuated, the throats E, receiv- 1 '60'v tug-block 'F; and its operating-cam F substantially as described.

e. The combination, in a nail-distributing.

"machine, of the block F, havi'ng'the nail-re ceiving holes F", F, and F and'itsoperat-q V ing-cam F substantially as described.

7. The combination of the series of pointforming and nail-severing rolls B 13, their shaftsB B", ,the camshaft F cOnnectedwith the shaft B, thecam F and a naihreceiv'ing block, F, connected with said cam, substan-f 8. The combinationof a series of wire-feeding devices adapted to feed-an umberof wires simultaneously, or substantially so, a series of nail-forming devices; adapted to simultaneously or substantially simultaneously forma group of hails from the ends of said wires, a

nail-receiving block having holes which receive the formed nailsgand a nail-distributerg Z substantially as described. .9. The-combination ofthe nail-receiving G, substantially as described.

block F, its cam F and the nail-distributer 10. The series of nail-pointing rolls set upon their respective shafts out of a common hori zontal line, whereby t-hey are caused-to act progressively or successively, as andfor the purposes described.

. FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 21). Witnesses: W

- J. M. DOLAN,

E. P. SMALL. 

